Lancashire North of the Sands

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Lancashire North of the Sands was a historic detached part of the English county of Lancashire, located north of Morecambe Bay in what is now Cumbria.

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf detached part of county
historic area
administrativeChange area transferred to Cumbria in 1974
alsoKnownAs North Lonsdale
borderedBy Cumberland (historic county)
Morecambe Bay
Westmorland, England
surface form: Westmorland (historic county)
category former exclaves
historic subdivisions of Lancashire
history of Cumbria
contains Barrow-in-Furness
Dalton-in-Furness
Grange-over-Sands
Millom
surface form: Millom (historically)

Ulverston
country England
currentCeremonialCounty Cumbria
existedBefore creation of Cumbria in 1974
formerRegistrationCounty Lancashire
geographicalFeatureNearby Morecambe Bay sands
governedBy Quarter Sessions for Lancashire
surface form: Lancashire Quarter Sessions (historically)
historicCountyContext Lancashire
surface form: historic county of Lancashire
historicCountyIdentity often still regarded as part of Lancashire by traditionalists
historicCountyTown Ulverston
surface form: Ulverston (for the area)
historicDivisionOf Lancashire
historicStatus detached part of Lancashire
includedArea Cartmel Peninsula
surface form: Cartmel peninsula

Furness Peninsula
surface form: Furness peninsula
judicialCircuit part of Lancashire for legal purposes
locatedIn north of Morecambe Bay
present-day Cumbria
nameRefersTo location north of the sands of Morecambe Bay
nowPartOf Barrow-in-Furness
surface form: Borough of Barrow-in-Furness

South Lakeland district
surface form: South Lakeland district (pre-2023)

Westmorland and Furness
surface form: Westmorland and Furness (unitary authority)
partOf Lancashire
postalAssociation addressed as Lancashire before 1974
region North West England
transferredUnder Local Government Act 1972
usedFor historic administrative purposes

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Leven historicalRegion Lancashire North of the Sands
subject surface form: River Leven (Cumbria)
Near Sawrey traditionalCounty Lancashire North of the Sands
this entity surface form: Lancashire (north of the sands)
Kents Bank locatedIn Lancashire North of the Sands
this entity surface form: historic county of Lancashire (north of the sands)
Greenodd historicallyIn Lancashire North of the Sands